Newport '58: The reed section of the International Youth Band: Back in the US Marshall Brown selected, with the help of his extensive notes, he made during the numerous auditions all along Europe, the members for his International Youth Band to play at the 1958 Newport Festival. Ruud Jacobs, a young Dutch bass player was invited to represent Holland - sixteen other young talented European jazz musicians got an invitation too. In December's blog an introduction to the reed section.

Big Easy Big Bands - Eddy Determeyer:De geboorte en opkomst van de jazz in New Orleans in de eerste decennia van de twintigste eeuw is uitgebreid beschreven, maar de ontwikkeling van de grotere bands, die in New Orleans bleven optreden, zijn tot nu toe schromelijk onderbelicht. Deze bands, die vaak nooit opnamen hebben achtergelaten, worden eindelijk in de schijnwerper gezet door Eddy Determeyer, die deze untold story eindelijk verteld ... Big Easy Big Bands - Eddy Determeyer: The dawn and rise of the jazz orchestra is the subtitle of Eddy Determeyer's latest book Big Easy Big Bands. The history of the numerous bands that were active in New Orleans between 1900 and 1960 has been researched by Dutch jazz historian Eddy Determeyer. A fascinating text on a topic that has been a blind-spot within the literature of jazz studies ..... This is virgin territory. These New Orleans bands, which haven't been recorded at all, finally have been put into the spotlights ... A must-have for all serious lover of tis untold part in jazz history ... Big Easy Big Bands - Eddy Determeyer.